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Holograph, signed.
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qz20v977n
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Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, April 29th, 1849
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qz20v977n
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normalized
title
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, April 29th, 1849
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["April 29, 1849"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133924
creators
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Fugitive slaves--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Goode, Washington, -1849
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Weiss, John, 1818-1879
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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2 leaves (8 p.) ; 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Joseph Ricketson looks forward to Debora Weston's visit in June. He gives news about the town: deaths, changes of residence, a case of defalcation, and an elopement. A slave who escaped from the South to New England came consigned to Joseph Ricketson "from S. H. Gay who received him from J[ames] McKim." The man has found considerable employment, and may perhaps be given constant employment by Joseph Ricketson. Ricketson thinks this case will have "a strong tendency to cement the Anti Slavery feeling here." Joseph Ricketson exerted himself on behalf of Washington Goode. There were 746 signatures obtained for the petition; yet communtation of the sentence was unanimously refused. There is a strong feeling against capital punishment. Joseph Ricketson enthusiastically praises the Reverend John Weiss.
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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qz20v977n
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document
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photo
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